How humans lost their tails — and why the discovery took 2.5 years to publish - Nature.com
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An elegant run of experiments in mice reveals the genetic changes that led humanity’s ape ancestors to lose the appendage.
An elegant run of experiments in mice reveals the genetic changes that led humanity’s ape ancestors to lose the appendage.